This story, which I excerpt below (link to article) highights the wreckage that a brutal justice system, combined with a society that really doesn't care about people, can cause.
Jeffrey Deskovic was arrested at age 17 for a rape he didn't commit. He was not allowed to seek his mother's intervention or help. Pressured by cops wanting to solve a crime at any cost, including wrecking the life of an innocent man, he "confessed". Sixteen years later, DNA evidence, and the "Innocence Project" frees him.
Were the police, and other people so touchingly eager to ruin this man there to put his life back together? The Innocence Project helped with a legal victory. We now have a person who is in his mid-30's, is learning how to knot a tie, price-shop at a grocery store, look for a job and take care of other mundane tasks. In addition to comments, I would like suggestions, since I am a successful attorney in this man's county, as to what I, my synagogue and the community can do to restore this man's life. Excerpts in body below:
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